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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1973
Page
2
The court held fathers of out of wedlock children are to be treated equally with other children and entitled to similar protections. It recognizes enforcement is hard as jail is the main tool, which proves costly as inmates cannot earn wages and shift the burden to taxpayers.
The court said abortion is a private decision between patient and physician with state interference limited to protecting the woman's health in late pregnancy. Proponents of individual rights will cheer the ruling, but the decision will not end abortion debates or legislative action.
A column notes Colorado license tags and readership habits while exploring trends like calendar events and belly dancing lessons promoted as modern fitness. It critiques mail order humor and canned cleverness, contrasting them with a homegrown, profitable approach to everyday humor and advertising.
FBI probes a report that Howard Phillips proposed using government funds to lure black lawyers to Republicans. An official tied to Phillips testified about a Berkeley meeting with black attorneys in 1971 and noted subsidies for legal aid as a political benefit. Phillips denied making such statements and cited routine Berkeley visit. A separate note highlights Sam Butler’s SEC bid and a Nicaragua earthquake relief effort by National Airlines.
Jim Bishop reflects on Nixon’s 1968 victory and four years of war and inflation. The piece laments secrecy, press conferences, and growing division, urging the President to unite the nation and bridge generational and racial gaps.
Telegram letter to the editor from January 22 1973 argues against changing clocks arguing for standard year round time. Readers Lloyd E Stullken and Ed advocate shorter daylight saving and question five months.
Jesus G. Campos. The American G I Forum of Kansas urges faster handling of Mexican American employment discrimination complaints. Backlog and staffing shortages at the Kansas Civil Rights Commission and referrals to federal and state bodies are delaying hearings, with 21 cases awaiting public hearings and calls for budgeted staff increases in 1974.
Hal Boyle riffs on invented winter ailments naming a string of phobias tied to snow, cold and social situations. He lists chronophobia for snow, ceremnophobia for steep places, pedophobia for children, kopnophobia for fatigue, candiophobia for heart disease, doraphobia for animal skins, autophobia for solitude, monophobia for being alone, and phono phobia. None cause coughing or sneezing, he quips.
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